Hubungan Kunjungan Posyandu dengan Pengetahuan Gizi dan Kesehatan Ibu serta Status Gizi Balita di Masa Pandemi Covid-19

Abstract

Posyandu merupakan salah satu bentuk pelayanan kesehatan masyarakat yang terdampak oleh COVID‐19. Pembatasan kegiatan posyandu menjadikan para ibu balita untuk berusaha lebih optimal untuk memantau tumbuh kembang balitanya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis hubungan kunjungan posyandu, pengetahuan gizi ibu, dan tingkat kecukupan asupan dengan status gizi balita dimasa pandemi COVID-19. Desain penelitian ini adalah cross sectional study dengan subjek berjumlah 88 balita. Pengumpulan data karakteristik ibu dan keluarga, balita, kunjungan posyandu, pengetahuan gizi dan status gizi balita dengan menggunakan kuesioner, wawancara dan pengukuran langsung. Data asupan gizi dikumpulkan dengan food recall 2x24 jam. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tidak ada hubungan antara kunjungan posyandu dengan pengetahuan gizi ibu dan status gizi balita (BB/U, TB/U, dan BB/TB). Tidak ada hubungan pengetahuan gizi ibu dengan tingkat kecukupan energi dan status gizi balita (BB/U dan TB/U). Namun terdapat hubungan pengetahuan gizi ibu dengan status gizi balita (BB/TB) (p=0,044 r=0,215). Kata kunci : asupan, BB/TB, food recall, pendidikan

Posyandu is a kind of health service for mothers and toddlers who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Restrictions on posyandu activities make the mothers of toddlers more optimally monitor their toddler’s growth and development. The purpose of this study was to analyze the correlation between posyandu visits, mother's nutritional knowledge, and the level of adequacy intake during the COVID-19 pandemic with the nutritional status of children under five. This research use a cross-sectional design study with 88 children under five as a subject. The data collected are characteristics of mothers, characteristics of familly, characteristics of toddlers, posyandu visits, levels of mother’s knowledge and nutritional status of toddlers, which is the data used questionnaire, interview and direct measurement methods. Intake data obtained from food recall 2[]x24 hours. The results showed that there was no correlation between posyandu visits with mother’s nutrition knowledge and nutritional status of children under five both WAZ, HAZ, and WHZ. There is no correlation between mother’s nutrition knowledge with the level of energy adequacy and nutritional status of children under five both WAZ and HAZ. Knowledge level is related to nutritional status of WHZ (p=0.044 r=0.215) Keywords: intake, WHZ, food recall, education